You can park on the road right at the entrance to the bike path. Just follow the bike path and you'll see trails off of the path on the right side leading down to the ice. The bike path is asphalt, and it's not the easiest to drag a sled on when it's cleared off. Also, getting down onto the ice is a pretty steep path. I'd recommend skipping the first path down, and taking the second, it's a straight shot.
The bottom drops off close to shore, you'd be surprised how deep it is right off the bank. I've caught perch on the west side, close to the trails off of the bike path. Most people fish near the east shore. I was out there today, ice is around 8", no slush on top. It was slow, I marked a lot of fish on the flasher and watched them come up and look at my jig and then go right back down to the bottom. The fish that did bite were all small to medium sized stripers.
